US investigators inspect site of fatal Turkish plane crash

US aviation investigators have arrived at the site of a fatal plane crash in Istanbul, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency reported Saturday. A team from aircraft manufacturer Boeing and the US civil aviation authority inspected the wreckage of the Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 that skidded off a runway at Sabiha Gokcen airport on Wednesday evening, killing three people. The aircraft, which split into three pieces in the accident, will later be dismantled and removed by crane, Anadolu said. The US team is looking to see if there were any technical factors that could have contributed to the accident. Investigators are examining many possible causes, including the plane's speed and the weather at the time of the crash. On Thursday, Pegasus Airlines CEO Mehmet T. Nane said the plane's black boxes had been recovered and the data from them was being deciphered. A report on the crash, in which 180 passengers and crew members were injured, is expected in a month's time.<br/>